Board Discusses County and State Finances, Development, Government Transparency

By BILL BELLEN
OTSEGO COUNTY

Shortly before the Wednesday, October 1 meeting of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee convened for a brief meeting of its own. Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. used this time to request approval to contract with CFG Health in New Jersey to supply jail medical services for the county.

The proposal included a three-year contract with a year one price of $777,262.00. Committee Chair Daniel Wilber said the contract had been talked about extensively already, and the proposal was subsequently passed. Devlin noted it will save the county about $150,000.00 over an unspecified time period.

Chairman Edwin Frazier Jr. began the first public hearing of the morning shortly thereafter, regarding an additional mortgage tax for Otsego County. As no one stood to address the board, this hearing was adjourned. The board then transitioned to a second public hearing on a proposed “local law to override the tax levy limit established in general municipal law 3C.” Once more, no audience members spoke, and so the public hearing was adjourned.